Mark 9:33

33 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?”

Mark 9:33 in Other Translations

33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them,What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?

33 And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?"

33 After they arrived at Capernaum and settled in a house, Jesus asked his disciples, “What were you discussing out on the road?”

33 They came to Capernaum. When he was safe at home, he asked them, "What were you discussing on the road?"

33 And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house he asked them, What were ye reasoning on the way?

33 Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was at home, he asked the disciples, "What were you arguing about on the road?"

33 Then they came to Capernaum. When He was in the house, He asked them, "What were you arguing about on the way?"

33 Jesus and his disciples came to a house in Capernaum. There he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?"

Mark 9:33 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:33

And he came to Capernaum
Where he met with the collectors of the tribute money, and paid it to them, as related by Matthew, ( Matthew 17:24 ) , though Mark takes no notice of it. The Vulgate Latin and the Syriac versions, read in the plural number, "they came"; Christ and his twelve apostles; and which is the sense of the words, read in the singular number; for Christ came not alone, but with his disciples:

and being in the house;
of Simon and Andrew, very likely where he used to be when at Capernaum:

he asked them, what was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the
way?
Whilst in their journey from Caesarea Philippi, to Galilee; or as they travelled through the parts of Galilee to Capernaum. This question Christ put, not as ignorant of what had passed among them, but in order to have the case laid before him; that he might reprove them for their pride and ambition, and have an opportunity of teaching them humility, and of informing them of the nature of his kingdom, and subjects; concerning which, they had entertained very wrong notions. The phrase "among yourselves", is omitted in the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions, but stands in the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic.

Mark 9:33 In-Context

31 because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.”

32 But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.

33 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?”

34 But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.

35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”

Cross References

• 1. S Matthew 4:13
• 2. Mark 1:29